HyperDic: shield-shaped

English > 1 sense of the word *shield-shaped*:
ADJECTIVE	all	shield-shaped, peltate	(of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example)

English > *shield-shaped*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	(of a leaf shape) round, with the stem attached near the center of the lower surface rather than the margin (as a nasturtium leaf for example).
Synonym	peltate
Broader	simple, unsubdivided	(botany) of leaf shapes
Spanish	peltado